Waupaca, Wisconsin

Waupaca population, 2020 to 2024

Waupaca lost 95 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by -49. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 137th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Waupaca is 50% of it.

Waupaca covers 7.92 square miles of land and 0.29 of water, for 787 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Waupaca is less dense than the typical town.

What county Waupaca is in

All of Waupaca's residents live in Waupaca County, which had 51,171 residents in 2024. Waupaca holds 12.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Waupaca

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Waupaca by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 54981. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Waupaca is

The Census internal point of Waupaca is at 44.350000, -89.070000. Madison, the capital, is 89.5 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New London, WI (7,524 people), 16.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 54.7 miles away.

Daylight in Waupaca

At 44.35° N, Waupaca gets about 15 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Waupaca

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Weyauwega, 7.0 miles away, with 1,795 people.